Leandro Gastaldi, CFA
Portfolio Manager
Leandro is a Director and Founder of Blue Quadrant Capital Management. He is the portfolio manager for the Blue Quadrant Capital Growth Fund, multi-strategy hedge fund, and the Blue Quadrant Worldwide Flexible Prescient Fund, a long-only unit trust. He has extensive experience in the industry having worked previously as a research analyst and portfolio manager. He joined Anglorand Securities in 2006 as a portfolio manager and managed the Anglorand Growth Fund between 2007 and 2009.
Leandro graduated from the University of Cape Town with a BCom (Honors) in accounting and economics. In 2007, he attained the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.
Susan Byrne
Administration & Compliance
Sue has held administrative and operational positions for over 20 years including responsibility for dealing, administration and client liaison at The Appleton Group. She managed a successful book-keeping business providing accounting and administrative services to multiple clients for 5 years prior to joining Blue Quadrant Capital Management.
Sue is responsible for the administration at Blue Quadrant Capital Management and is the appointed FICA officer and Money Laundering officer for the business.
Sue graduated with a BA in Social Science from the University of Cape Town in 1984.
Pierre Desmidt
Portfolio Advisor
Pierre is a Founder of Blue Quadrant Capital Management. Pierre joined Coronation Capital in 1993 as a proprietary asset manager and invested money on behalf of Coronation Capital for 8 years.
A successful investor in his own right, with considerable experience in assessing and interpreting the investment landscape, Pierre lends his knowledge and investment insights as an adviser to Blue Quadrant Capital Management.
Jürgen Möller, CFA
Risk Analyst
Jürgen has extensive financial services experience, having worked in healthcare funding, insurance and asset management. He started his career at PBT Group, where he served as a consultant on projects for several medical schemes and insurance companies. In 2010, he founded Quantivation Solutions, a data science company focusing on analytical solutions in the financial services industry and is responsible for conducting the risk analysis on Blue Quadrant’s Funds. His asset management experience includes equity research, fund research and quantitative analysis. Jürgen holds a master’s degree in Statistics from Stellenbosch University and is a CFA charterholder.
Matthew Robarts CA(SA)
Research Analyst
Matthew has substantial experience in the financial services sector having worked as an auditor for EY. He gained valuable exposure to the banking sector, as well as regulatory compliance in the industry. He successfully completed his articles during this time. Matthew is responsible for fundamental research and analysis used by Blue Quadrant’s portfolio managers. Matthew holds a Bachelor of Business Science in Finance and Accounting, as well as a Postgraduate Diploma in Accounting from UCT.